diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py b/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
index 9a91cef34932..2ffcdd51b051 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
@@ -313,9 +313,13 @@ def __init__(self, ax, cmap=None,
         if format is None:
             if isinstance(self.norm, colors.LogNorm):
                 self.formatter = ticker.LogFormatterSciNotation()
+                # minor ticks requested through rcParams should be ignored
+                self.ax.minorticks_off()
             elif isinstance(self.norm, colors.SymLogNorm):
                 self.formatter = ticker.LogFormatterSciNotation(
                                         linthresh=self.norm.linthresh)
+                # minor ticks requested through rcParams should be ignored
+                self.ax.minorticks_off()
             else:
                 self.formatter = ticker.ScalarFormatter()
         elif isinstance(format, six.string_types):
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_axes/minorticks_on_rcParams_colorbar.png b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_axes/minorticks_on_rcParams_colorbar.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fcb95883d871
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_axes/minorticks_on_rcParams_colorbar.png differ
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
index 04ef89f736e3..f6a494442c22 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
@@ -278,6 +278,21 @@ def test_minorticks_on_rcParams_both():
     plt.axis([0, 1, 0, 1])
 
 
+@image_comparison(baseline_images=["minorticks_on_rcParams_colorbar"],
+                  extensions=['png'])
+def test_minorticks_on_rcParams_both():
+    # github issue #8358
+    fig = plt.figure()
+    matplotlib.rcParams['xtick.minor.visible'] = True
+    matplotlib.rcParams['ytick.minor.visible'] = True
+    data = [[8.79177825e-09, 2.36526846e-04, 1.29808685e-04],
+            [3.19277847e-04, 1.28805876e-01, 1.06003978e-03],
+            [6.42946628e-04, 3.88960044e-03, 4.80014828e-07]]
+
+    plt.pcolormesh(data, norm=matplotlib.colors.LogNorm())
+    plt.colorbar()
+
+
 @image_comparison(baseline_images=["autoscale_tiny_range"], remove_text=True)
 def test_autoscale_tiny_range():
     # github pull #904